Archive for August 16th, 2012

A Day in the Life of an Agile Team

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Live Webinar August 23rd, 2012 – 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour webinar Credits: 1 PDU Category A – Free PDU
Sponsored by: PMI LEAD CoP (REP #S004)
Presented by: Sally Elatta

Take a walk through ‘A Day in the Life’ of an Agile team.

Starting with Iteration planning through to the final review/demo and retrospective, Sally will cover the various meetings and processes, what the various roles are doing, and we will be sharing many real world tips and techniques used by teams to stay on track and deliver value.

Even if you’ve already been doing Agile/Scrum, we promise you will still walk away with one or two new real world tips for improvement!

Note: You do have to be a PMI® member to register for this opportunity.

Presenter: Sally Elatta, (LinkedIn profile) one of PMIs® LEAD Experts, is a dynamic Coach, Trainer and Public Speaker who is passionate about transforming individuals, teams and organizations into improving their project management and software development practices and delivering business value early and often. She is a certified ScrumMaster, Scrum Practitioner, Certified by IBM, Microsoft and Sun.

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Economic Oil Principles

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Live Webinar – August 22nd 2012, 12:00-1:00 PM EDT
Offered by ASPE (REP 2161) 1 Category A PDU – Free PDU
This is a 1 hour seminar and attendees will be awarded 1 PDU for participating

Learn the economic principles essential to navigating the oil complex. Delve into the detailed economics of oil, from the wellhead to the final consumption points around the world.

Explore answers to these questions:

  • How will the Middle East turmoil impact supply and pricing?
  • How will the growing global Brent crude benchmark effect WTI in U.S. markets?
  • What are the economic drivers for price?
  • What is the short-term and long-term outlook for pricing?

Presenter: Scott Susich has more than 30 years of experience working in the energy industry. He ran the award-winning OPIS Energy Group providing market intelligence and price benchmarking services to the downstream sector. Susich served as an expert witness in an MTBE litigation against the major oil companies and supplied testimony to the Federal Highway Adminisration regarding fuel tax evasion. Currently, Susich runs the Energy Management Institute.

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Effective PPM Change Management

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Live Webinar – August 23rd, 2012 2:00 pm EDT
Presented by: Eclipse Project Portfolio Management
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDUs Credits: Category C 1 PDU- Free PDU

Project Portfolio Management (PPM) initiatives are expected to provide significant benefit to multiple roles within an organization.

Intuitively, most staff can understand the potential value in the organization, process and technology changes involved with a PPM initiative. However, the lack of change management practices through a PPM initiative’s implementation is one of the most common reasons for their failure. Symptoms of this issue can include poor executive commitment, resistance or political pressure from functional management and compliance issues with project teams.

Eclipse will review common misconceptions about PPM initiative implementations, provide some guiding principles for successful change and detail the steps and key communication messages necessary to gain buy-in from executive and functional management as well as from project teams.

This webinar will also provide tips that can be incorporated into the initiation and planning of your PPM initiative to increase your odds of success.

Who should attend this webinar?
C-Level Management, IT Directors and Managers or Directors of PMOs

NOTE: You may have to hit the MORE… link to register for this session on the registration page.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning, Monitoring & Controlling

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration

  • 4.1 Develop Project Management Charter
  • 4.2 Develop Project Management Plan

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

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Live Webinar – August 22nd 2012, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 hour 1 PDU / 1 CDU Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Hosted By: Systemation

Dan Treadwell is a perfectionist – He’s picky about what he teaches. He demands the best of himself and the teams he works alongside. Such passion and dedication to excellence makes him a priceless asset to his project sponsors.

Dan thrives on helping individuals increase their effectiveness as project managers. By designing customized solutions for specific clients through the years, he has been able to pinpoint core principles focusing on leadership and communication skill acquisition and refinement. Dan will share these core competencies that have benefited countless clients.

Better performance can be just a workshop away when Dan is facilitating. His expertise in project team formation, leadership, dynamics and conflict resolution makes for time well spent. He believes strongly in protecting the learning environment so that the participants can gain full value from their classroom experience.

Presenter: Dan Treadwell – (LinkedIn profile) Dan is the author of the book Money Isn’t All That Matters – Strategies for Attracting & Retaining Technical Professionals.

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Executing
Knowledge Areas: 4- Integration 9 – Human Resources

  • 4.3 Direct and Monitor Project Execution
  • 9.3 Develop Project Team
  • 9.4 Manage Project Team

As a Category C ‘Self Directed Learning Activity’ remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder’

Click to register for How to Manage a Project Without Acting Like a Boss